What Are You Old-Fashioned About?
What technological advancements or updated social norms are you not following? I like to think I'm a pretty forward-thinking guy but I still always prefer to pay with a card/cash, over using Apple Pay on my phone.
What are you old-fashioned about?
Apple Pie
(with a scoop of vanilla of course)
I like my apple pie with a scoop of CRYSTAL METH
funny, I like my CRYSTAL METH with a slice of apple pie
because, 'murica|
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Im with you on that lol. I still roll with my iPhone 6s. I usually just keep the cheapest one as long as I can until it bricks. Dropping a grand on a phone isn't my cup of tea.
I open doors for people to be polite.
no humility though ... you just had to brag didn't you...
Where do you live where this isn't the norm? Happens 99% of the time in my geography.
My choice of Whiskey based drinks
My whiskey based drinks have a really short list of ingredients: single malt whiskey, preferably speyside, neat.
Ditto for me, though I prefer Islay whiskies. I sure do enjoy a Balvenie, though.
i dont do dabs
Blunts?
Sending hand written notes (Thank you, birthday, etc.)
This. I've made a habit of sending hand written birthday cards and notes "just to say hi" and it definitely has a reciprocal feel good effect.
This is mine as well.
i'd like to start doing this, i could see snail making a comeback
Same--especially sending thank you notes whenever you get a gift. Conveys so much meaning and people can actually see that you're appreciative. When I have kids, I will make sure they do this.
Spreading comps. Don't give me any of that CapIQ/Factset BS, if you are my analyst I better know that you have gone through the Ks, Qs, Proxys, transcripts, and the CEO's garbage before you show me your multiples. I am also pretty demanding of having all backup printed, highlighted, tabbed, and compared against the prior Q and last year's Q. This way we can make sure numbers are consistent across the board. I also find it critical to make sure each company it set up so that things like proportionate ownership, pro forma historicals, accounting changes (e.g. lease accounting), pension liabilities, and cash vs. non-cash D&A and SBC and capex are all spread historically and projected because these things do have a real impact on financials.
It is pretty embarassing to go to a client and see 6.8x EBITDA for a number based on Factset and then you realize it should be 6.5x or something because Factset did not pro forma for a one-time charge, etc. or if the growth rates are not shown organic. It drives me absolutely crazy when I see a comp set with a growth rate of 5% for a company that organically grows 2% and just did a deal.
I am so glad I don’t work for you
Lol you’re crazy. I can’t imagine you became this way on your own. Whoever taught you to work like this was probably an awful manager and person. Good luck
You must not get laid a lot
(Guy who will die of a heart attack at age 39)
not gonna lie my heart started beating quicker and quicker while reading through this
I don't know if I would go as far as you in some of this detail, but you are correct. You can't trust CapIQ/FactSet numbers....
I find it annoying when people pull their phone out all the time at dinner, especially if it's to do something like use Instagram/Snapchat...
My last gf didn't do it at all and it was literally a +83839292 pts thing.
I agree, shit's just plain rude
this
We used to have a rule where the first person to pull their phone at drinks picks up the tab. At a table of bankers you know someone is going to get tapped by their boss for something.
This is one of my two top annoyances. If we're in a meeting of any sort, that's what you're doing for that 30-minute window. People who can't go half an hour without satiating their phone addiction need therapy. And anyone who thinks the world needs or wants to see what they're wearing today or what food they're about to eat are too vapid for my taste. I'm an unrepentant narcissist and it's never occurred to me that anyone could possibly care that I was about to have some sushi. The vanity such an action implies is cringe-worthy. In that vein, I've never taken a selfie in my life despite the fact that I like to look at myself in the mirror at the gym. You know why? Because while I am vain enough to think, "Yeah--I'd fuck me." I'm not so desperate for others' approval that I seek public affirmation of that sentiment.
My second pet peeve involves carrying on conversations in a confined space where the audience within earshot cannot leave. It's rude. If you're in a car with someone, and they need to take a quick call to tell someone they can't speak right now, that's fine. But if they opt to carry on a long conversation to which you are not a party, that's rude. This applies to people sitting next to me on airplanes or the rude bitches who try to continue an ongoing conversation while entering an elevator. If there is no one in the elevator, knock yourself out, but if it's crowded, shut the fuck up.
I was on Amtrak a couple weeks back and a lady one row over from me dialed in to a 30 minute conference call. Honestly it was more comical than anything because I just couldn't believe someone could be that dense.
I agree 100% - I can't comprehend those that simply can't grasp the concept of trying to err on the side of discretion when carrying certain sorts of conversations in public settings/especially when in tight proximity of others.
I can recall many instances, but specifically two extremes of being trapped into overhearing conversations that I didn't want to be privy to - and in both instances I didn't have headphones, whereas nowadays I travel with 2 pairs for the precise reason of shutting out others in public, LOL.
One instance, a woman was on her phone talking to a friend, giving her a long-winded, drawn-out explanation of her cat's urinary tract infection. I mean from kitty not looking well to vet visit to the subsequent days of giving meds to checking the kitty litter. Lady, i did NOT need to know that amount of detail about your pet's problems and I'm pretty sure even a close friend doesn't want or need that level of blow-by-blow!
Second instance, a man was apparently talking to his lover and she must have said something to the effect that her SO knew or at least suspected she was stepping out. The guy obviously had a bad connection and/or we were traveling through a dead zone so he repeatedly asked the same things "Do you really think he knows? Do you really think he knows anything? Can we still meet tonight? But how about tonight? Did he say something? Did he say anything?"
All I could think of was, "Dude, you're on a city bus, you are not in your living room, this is not a conversation to have in a public space. And how good are the chances you could be overheard by someone that actually knows you and possibly your own SO?"
Don't get me wrong. I love my phone, it facilitates sooooo many things whether for work or play... but the ubiquitous-ness of being able to talk anywhere/anytime has really tarnished civility and manners in a lot of ways.
For me, it depends on the situation. If you're on a date, I agree, it's 100% rude since the purpose is to spend time with the other person. If you're grabbing lunch with a friend, I do not think it's rude to occasionally check your phone.
I read an interview in Vanity Fair with a designer and he noted it was his job to observe other people and that taking his phone out during mundane things (standing in lines, etc) was common. I think about that a lot.
I still use Friendster and MySpace as my preferred social media.
You should read about my analysis of these outlets on my livejournal
I’m still all about old school Wall Street. Lines of coke at the desk on fridays, strippers for your birth day, banging interns, $800 wine bottles at lunch, banging hot secretaries etc.
I’m sick of the “PC” Wall Street. Everyone is too serious
The MS you received from this post just proves your point. The irony is delicious.
Big booms, even bigger busts.
I try as hard as possible to not look at my phone when in conversation with someone, I only pull the phone out when they start staring at their phone. Also opening doors for others, it feels obligatory to me at this point.
Turbos on every car. Gimme a naturally aspirated V8 for crying out loud.
Women.
I don't understand the appeal of wanting to date pornstars/strippers/instagram models.
I'll tell you who's not old fashioned though and that's theaccountingmajor 's auntie
Speaking of old fashioned, that's the drink I bought your wife last night :)
Fuck the haters theaccountingmajor , that was a solid comeback.
Instead of using the office skype chat to communicate with people, I get up and go talk to them. I understand that some people don't like it or are busy and want to chat online but if I have to say anything to you thats longer than 1 sentence, I'm speaking to you in person.
I don’t have any social media accounts other than LinkedIn. Makes staying in touch with friends a bit more difficult but a lot more enjoyable
newspaper over digital
Damn man this is pretty cumbersome, though.
i just don’t really give a shit about most new applications (social media, payments, etc) that make rote parts of every day life slightly easier in exchange for letting Silicon Valley gather and sell your data. I find it somewhat grubby the way the public is led to believe all these things are provided to them “free of charge””, and sad that most people failed to learn “nothing in life is free” before hitting “I Accept” on the T&C’s they didn’t read.
I also think a lot of this tech, combined with human nature, encourages our most vapid and vain qualities. Social media in particular is something that I see impact most of my peers negatively. Just another way to make the joneses feel good and their wannabes feel inadequate.
Totally agree.....also tired of apps and new phones which improve my life by 0.00001% yet everyone seems to go crazy about them.
I like to call vs text. If I haven't talked to some old chaps in a while I'll usually ring a call as opposed to texting them some contrived bullshit.
I still like to smoke in the office
I still prefer reading books in print over audiobooks/e-books. There's just something about the smell of the paper I like. Also, being able to turn the pages and see progress gives me the feeling I'm accomplishing something. lol
Studies have shown that reading print media results in greater retention than electronic media. So it’s not just pointless! I too prefer hardcopy notes, reading materials, etc.
This. I've never read an e-book or listened to an audiobook in my life. Can't see myself changing. I love reading actual print books.
Same. Also, as others have mentioned, same goes for the newspaper (when I have time).
Agreed. Love the feel and weight of a proper book in my hands. I'll read news on my desktop, laptop and phones, but anything beyond article-length, I really prefer a book, not a screen.
Air Pods - not wearing something you could steal from me in two seconds.
Isn't it easier to swipe cables? Or even better, big expensive over the ears where the cable comes out of the headphones. Way harder to reach into a tiny ear hole.
women
Abortion. I'm liberal on every social issue except this one, where I'm unsure where I lie, but I just think it's annoying that everyone automatically defers to: "It's the women's choice," even though the child is going to affect the father in the form of child support.
Then shouldn't your issue be with mandatory child support?
I don't think I'm old fashion, but I feel like I have a big list:
Technology-How far the IoT will/should go. I know it will have some great advances and really help, but on the flip side I question what it can do. For example, do we really need smart coffee makers or fridges that tell you the weather. It's kinda like facetime, it has a good purpose, but I see far more people using it for random conversations just to do it.
Spending- Feel like people people waste money on too much shit or spend money they don't have. Trips, clothes, restaurants, cars; I just feel it's all for IG.
Relationships, mainly people living together who don't really know if they will get married or not. I have a lot of friends who have/are doing this, and they ether waste time trying to fix a sunken ship or get engaged when they probably shouldn't.
Maybe they just realize marriage is scam unless you intend to have children.
I'm not going to agree or disagree because it depends on your outlook.
I probably should have originally not said marriage, just more commitment in the relationship to each other.
Pencil/pen and paper over computer (unless typing long essay)
Social media is trash
Prefer old-school gym with rusted equipment to new gym with squeaky clean equipment and a billion machines
I think people are right when they talk about "kids these days"
Phones have had a significantly negative effect on society
Generation-by-generation, pampered Americans are losing the grit that our ancestors brought aboard the Mayflower
Ethnic Purity (100% Jewish - no bully!)
That's still racist. If you were black it would be racist.
I think you should take a trip to the holocaust musem goyim! It seems like the psychological trauma that exposing you to violent imagery at a very young age when studying the Holocaust is beginning to slip! Maybe you need to think of the 60 billion of my people that were killed in the shoah. Do you remember Eli Weisel's, "Night?" Required reading for 6th graders - as it should be! Towering infernos from Three story high furnaces expelling green fire as Germans literally shoveled and pitchforked wheelbarrows full of BABIES into. THAT HAPPENED. DON'T FORGET. The FIRE was GREEN - okay bigot?.
No bully goyim, but you need to PAY UP. That $40 BILLION you gave to Israel last month when you passed the budget only brought my families standard of libing up to $75,000 a year. That is hardly sufficient wages to study the Talmud and fund migration from the middle east into Europe to make way for greater Israel. Oy Vey why do you puysecute me so. Why do you want my people dead.
You are worse than an racist. you are an ANTI SEMITE - okay goyim?
Well we have at least 5 anti-semites on WSO. Any more anti-semites want to throw MS at me??
(oy vey theres another three!)
I have absolutely no interest in self-driving cars.
Basic manners and decency.
Sobering and true.
Everyone's obsessed with Pelaton bikes these days - including my manager. What are everyone's thoughts on them? Where are the days of riding a real bike outside? Lol
Just another way to make housewives spend money
doing shit around the house on my own as opposed to paying someone to do it.
understand that some people just dont have the time to invest in house projects, but the satisfaction I get from it is unbelievable.
I rack my own weights in the gym when I'm done with them
On behalf of everyone, thank you. I've often wondered how fucking lazy someone has to be to literally lift them up and down potentially dozens of times....but then no bother to pick them up one last time and put them away.
I work out either really early or really late. I was at the gym late one night and all the bars were racked out of order.
So here I am, a gym-goer but by no means "jacked", super sore post workout, trying to lift well above my weight class to re-order weights I wouldn't even lift when feeling 100% fresh.
Had to give up and let front desk know some jerk didn't re-rack their weights. I tried, couldn't cut it.
Going barefoot.
How old fashion are we talking - last 500 years old fashioned (as in don't ever do it you disgusting animal) or pre-rome old-fashioned (as in yeah wtf are shoes?)
10,000 BC
Recognizing that there are 2 genders
What am I old-fashioned about?
No lube and no condoms.
So you just grind your teeth and take it the natural way? :)
I’m old school about that too; the anus was made for taking shits.
I don't idealize Elon Musk nor Bill Gates.
Shopping at physical stores, I still prefer to just go into a store and get something now vs ordering online IF i think the prices will be similar. Now a days I feel like pricing is so competitive and transparent that you can't find the same disparities online that you used to be able to find. Also not a Prime subscriber.
Keeping your word/not bailing on commitments. No matter how insignificant a statement is, if I tell someone I will do something or make plans with them it will become a priority until it happens. I can't stand how wide spread flakiness is so acceptable these days.
i believe marriage is a sacred bond between bipeds
My cash. I don't trust the banks and I hide my physical money. Cash is king for a reason in my view and when there's a run on the banks I won't have to worry because I'll have my most liquid asset right where I want it to be.
Everything, I am a trad catholic
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